- Théodore Monod
Théodore André Monod (
Rouen ,April 9 ,1902 -Versailles ,November 22 ,2000 ) was a French naturalist, explorer, and humanist scholar. In the course of his career, Monod was made director of the "Institut d'Afrique noire ", professor at the "Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ", member of the "Académie des sciences d'outre-mer " in 1949, member of the "Académie de la Marine " in 1957, and member of the "Académie des Sciences " in 1963. In 1960 he was one of the founders of the "World Academy of Art and Science ".He began his career with the study of monk seals on
Mauritania 'sCap Blanc peninsula. However, he soon turned his attention to theSahara desert, which he would survey for more than sixty years in search ofmeteorite s. Though he failed to find the meteorite he sought, he discovered numerous plant species as well as several importantNeolithic sites. Perhaps his most important find was theAsselar man , a 6,000-year-old skeleton of theAdrar des Ifoghas that many scholars believe to be the first remains of a distinctly black individual.Monod was also a political activist also took part in
pacifist and antinuclear protests, and wrote several articles that adumbrated the emergingenvironmentalist movement.Monod shares a common ancestor with biologist
Jacques Monod , the musicianJacques-Louis Monod , the politicianJérôme Monod and directorJean-Luc Godard .elected works
Works re-edited and released by
Actes Sud (Arles ):
*"Méharées", (Paris, 1937), rééd. 1989.
*"L'Émeraude des garamantes", (éditions de L'Harmattan, Paris, 1984), rééd. 1992.
*"L'Hippopotame et le philosophe", rééd. 1993.
*"Désert lybique", éditions Arthaud, 1994.
*"Majâbat Al-Koubrâ", Actes Sud, 1996.
*"Maxence au désert", Actes Sud, Arles, 1995.
*"Tais-toi et marche ...", exploration journal from El Ghallaouya-Aratane-Chinguetti, Actes Sud, 2002.References
*This article began as a translation of the corresponding article at the French Wikipedia, accessed
17 December 2005 .External links
* [http://www.monachus-guardian.org/mguard07/07intnew.htm Obituary at monachus-guardian.org]
* [http://www.moncelon.fr/desertenverite.htm Théodore Monod (French language)]
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